It’s unfair, even insulting to compare any Pakistani politician with Narendra Modi. In fact even within India, very few politicians can ever stand alongside him in terms of grit, journey, and sheer resilience.
Modi’s story is the Great Indian Dream in motion. He didn’t inherit a legacy or a political fortune. He rose from the very bottom, from humble beginnings, carving his path through hard work, unshakable will, and years of quiet service.
Before he could lead, he learnt to serve. As an RSS cadre, he spent decades working in the shadows, carrying out duties, listening, learning, and proving his loyalty. Nothing was ever handed to him, he earned every inch of ground he walked on.
This is why he is unbreakable. Nothing can intimidate a man who has already stared at nothingness and built everything with his own two hands. He has often said that if tomorrow it all ends, he will walk away gladly as a faqir. He has no dynasty to guard, no heirs to appease, no empire of wealth to preserve. He came from nothing, and when the time comes, he will leave with nothing and with peace.
In contrast, the politics of the Sharifs, Bhuttos, Zardaris, Gandhis, Munirs is not about service but preservation. They cling to power not to serve the people, but to ensure that their children, grandchildren, and the generations after them stay rich, relevant, and powerful. From this arises their greatest weakness: fear. Fear of losing control, fear of slipping into irrelevance, fear of being forgotten. And fear makes them corrupt, manipulative, desperate.
This is where Modi towers above them all. He doesn’t need to protect a dynasty. He doesn’t need to secure wealth for unborn generations. He is free of that burden. He came, he conquered, he is writing a legacy that will last long after he has walked away. And when that moment of farewell comes, he will leave on his own terms not as a man clutching at power, but as a leader who proved that a self-made life of service is greater than any dynasty.